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Hey, I have a huge question for all of you professional snake breeders. I'm new to breeding and more so to the axanthic morph. I just bought a female axanthic from a guy, however i'm not sure if she's axanthic. I know axanthic means loss of yellow, but this little girl has loads of yellow on her lower sides. When I saw this I wasn't going to go through with the buy, but I felt bad for the seller and his circumstances. so now I want to know if I have an axanthic or just a normal. Any info you have would be a huge help! Thanks (:

Pictures would help...any Axanthic should have no yellow....maybe some brown but no yellow.
Travis
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How do I post pics? First time on forums..

This is the picture of the supposed axanthic. Right along the edge of her belly is all the yellow.

This pic is of a ball that I bought as a normal, and the more I look at her and the more I compare her, the more I think she isn't a complete normal. Since I was asking about axanthics I thought I would throw her pic on here and see what everyone thought of her colors/patterns.

If your a newbie, then, did you know that het axanthics look normal?

Cause, there would be no way of telling that the normal looking snake you got, is indeed a het for axanthic, untill you breed it to an axanthic.

yes, for sure new! I know enough info on most morphs, but next to nothing about axanthics. I've done some research, but I thought I would ask ppl who know a little more. The pic with the one female stretched out, she is what I thought was normal, but most normals have yellow and she has none with high white sides, and I didn't know if that is typical in a normal. But the new female (other pic) which was sold to me as an axanthic has yellow almost lining her sides, So i'm starting to think she is a normal. But I guess im going to have to wait until she is up to size and breed her.

Ok.

I think your older female looks more like an axanthic, than your new one, but I'm not even sure that she (older one) is axanthic.
New one does not look like a homozygous axanthic by the pic.
Both are still lovely gals!

Thank you so much for your thoughts! You were a big help! (:

These are VPI Axanthics. You can see a big difference between the normals and the Axanthics (two animals on the left).

Holloway Herps

Let me see if I can pick out the Normal you said was in that group.....Lol... Those are absolutely gorgeous..
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that's why you should always do homework first and make sure you know what you are buying. cant even count the amount of " i bought this as an enchi/axanthic/fire/yb/vanilla threads out there where all people have is normals" knowing what you are buying will definitely help keep you from getting burned
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